Federal Register of Legislation - Family Law Act 1975

Division 1—Introductory

Division 2—Parental responsibility

61A What this Division does

61B Meaning of parental responsibility

61C Each parent has parental responsibility (subject to court orders)

61D Parenting orders and parental responsibility

61DA Presumption of equal shared parental responsibility when making parenting orders

61DB Application of presumption of equal shared parental responsibility after interim parenting order made

61E Effect of adoption on parental responsibility

61F Application to Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander children

Division 3—Reports relating to children under 18

62A What this Division does

62B Court’s obligation to inform people to whom Part VII orders apply about family counselling, family dispute resolution and other family services

62G Reports by family consultants

Division 4—Parenting plans

63A What this Division does

63B Parents encouraged to reach agreement

63C Meaning of parenting plan and related terms

63CAA Parenting plans may include child support provisions

63D Parenting plan may be varied or revoked by further written agreement

63DA Obligations of advisers

63DB Registered parenting plans

63E Registration of a revocation of a registered parenting plan

63F Child welfare provisions of registered parenting plans

63G Child maintenance provisions of registered parenting plans—where not enforceable as maintenance agreements

63H Court’s powers to set aside, discharge, vary, suspend or revive registered parenting plans

Division 5—Parenting orders—what they are

64A What this Division does

64B Meaning of parenting order and related terms

64C Parenting orders may be made in favour of parents or other persons

64D Parenting orders subject to later parenting plans

Division 6—Parenting orders other than child maintenance orders

Subdivision A—Introductory

Subdivision B—Applying for and making parenting orders

Subdivision C—General obligations created by certain parenting orders

Subdivision D—Dealing with people who have been arrested

Subdivision E—Obligations under parenting orders relating to taking or sending children from Australia

Division 7—Child maintenance orders

Subdivision A—What this Division does

66A What this Division does

Subdivision B—Objects and principles

Subdivision C—Relationship with Child Support (Assessment) Act

66E Child maintenance order not to be made etc. if application for administrative assessment of child support could be made

Subdivision D—Applying for and making child maintenance orders

Subdivision E—Other aspects of courts’ powers

Subdivision EA—Varying the maintenance of certain children

66SA Varying the maintenance of certain children

Subdivision F—When child maintenance orders stop being in force

Subdivision G—Recovery of amounts paid under maintenance orders

66X Recovery of amounts paid, and property transferred or settled, under maintenance orders

Division 8—Other matters relating to children

Subdivision A—What this Division does

67A What this Division does

Subdivision B—Father’s liability to contribute towards child bearing expenses if not married to mother

Subdivision C—Location and recovery of children

Subdivision D—Allegations of child abuse and family violence

Subdivision E—Other orders about children

Division 9—Injunctions

68A What this Division does

68B Injunctions

68C Powers of arrest

Division 10—Independent representation of child’s interests

68L Court order for independent representation of child’s interests

68LA Role of independent children’s lawyer

68M Order that child be made available for examination

Division 11—Family violence

68N Purposes of this Division

68P Obligations of court making an order or granting an injunction under this Act that is inconsistent with an existing family violence order

68Q Relationship of order or injunction made under this Act with existing inconsistent family violence order

68R Power of court making a family violence order to revive, vary, discharge or suspend an existing order, injunction or arrangement under this Act

68S Application of Act and Rules when exercising section 68R power

68T Special provisions relating to proceedings to make an interim (or interim variation of) family violence order

Division 12—Proceedings and jurisdiction

Subdivision A—What this Division does

69A What this Division does

Subdivision B—Institution of proceedings and procedure

Subdivision C—Jurisdiction of courts

Subdivision D—Presumptions of parentage

Subdivision E—Parentage evidence

Subdivision F—Extension, application and additional operation of Part

Subdivision G—Short form reasons for decisions relating to interim parenting orders

69ZL Short form reasons for decisions relating to interim parenting orders

Division 12A—Principles for conducting child related proceedings

Subdivision A—Proceedings to which this Division applies

69ZM Proceedings to which this Division applies

Subdivision B—Principles for conducting child related proceedings

Subdivision C—Duties and powers related to giving effect to the principles

Subdivision D—Matters relating to evidence

Division 13—State, Territory and overseas orders

Subdivision A—What this Division does

70A What this Division does

Subdivision B—Registration of State and Territory orders

Subdivision C—Registration of overseas orders

Subdivision D—Transmission of Australian orders to overseas jurisdictions

Division 13A—Consequences of failure to comply with orders, and other obligations, that affect children

Subdivision A—Preliminary

Subdivision B—Court’s power to vary parenting order

Subdivision C—Contravention alleged but not established

Subdivision D—Contravention established but reasonable excuse for contravention

Subdivision E—Contravention without reasonable excuse (less serious contravention)

Subdivision F—Contravention without reasonable excuse (more serious contravention)

Division 14—Miscellaneous

70P What this Division does

70Q Certain instruments not liable to duty

Family Law Act 1975

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